Inspiring exemplary teaching and learning
Subtitle: perspectives on teaching academically talented college students
By: Larry Clark and John Zubizarreta, editors
Series: NCHC monograph series; NCHC monograph series
Publisher: National Collegiate Honors Council
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780979665967
Subjects: Universities and colleges; Honors programs
Notes: "A companion piece to Teaching and learning in honors."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one: crossing boundaries, integration, and dialogic learning; title: Pre-college experiences and characteristics of gifted students / Anne Rinn; title: Toward a model of integrative learning: the place of science in an honors curriculum / Judith Ramaley; title: Engagement in learning, liberal education, and honors / Bernice Braid; title: Dialogue, politics, and pedagogy: lessons from democracy lab / Jim Knauer; title: Part two: understanding talented students and teachers; title: Motivational issues in the education of academically talented college students / Larry Clark; title: Six habits of highly inspiring honours teachers / Marca V.C. Wolfensberger; title: The teaching and learning fishbowl / John Zubizarreta; title: Part three: pedagogy: practices and issues; title: The learning portfolio for improvement and assessment of significant student learning / John Zubizarreta; title: Promoting critical thinking through sequenced activities / Barbara Millis; title: The importance of class size in teaching and learning for higher-level achievement / John Zubizarreta; title: Exemplary curricula for significant learning; title: Using sun-science to explore connections between science and the humanities / Martin Brock; title: The science behind the moon hoax / Ron Wilhelm; title: Teaching disease: utilizing interdisciplinary skills and experiential learning in an honors class / Tami Carmichael; title: Honors curriculum development in a real world / Charlie Slavin and Chris Mares.